Caterina Napolitano

In my 12 years of teaching Italian language and culture I have developed my personal method called V.I.V.A.
LIVE the language - Get in touch with real Italian, the one people use every day
INTEGRATE grammar - You don't learn new rules — you learn to use the ones you already know
SEE the culture - You understand the Italian way of thinking and everything becomes more natural
ACTIVATE spoken and written language - You immediately use new expressions in guided contexts

My students learn to use the language intuitively from the context and secondly I guide them to dive deep the grammar in use. In this way, they earn trust in themselves in the learning process and in using the language. At the same time they receive and learn through many inputs about Italian culture.
During my classes there is a perfect combination of the 4 skills practice: I normally start with visual or written inputs and from there we move to use the language covering grammar, oral and written production as well as listening.

All these inputs are taken from Italian films, series, books, articles, songs, stories and legends of Italy so that when you learn to speak in Italian you also learn how an Italian person thinks and behaves, apart form speaking in context.

I offer a real journey in Italian language and culture.